Product description

"Daleks! The Dalek Handbook" is your complete guide to the Doctor's greatest enemies. It explores the Daleks' origins on the planet Skaro, how a Time Lord intervention altered the course of Dalek history, and how they emerged to wage war on Thals, Mechonoids, Draconians and humans. It also reveals the secrets of Dalek design, the development of their iconic look and sound, and their enduring appeal on and off the screen. With artwork and photographs from six decades of "Doctor Who, The Dalek Handbook" is the ultimate celebration of all things Dalek. Exterminate!

Author information

Steve Tribe is the author of three Doctor Who books - The Time Traveller's Almanac, Companions and Allies and The TARDIS Handbook - and of the audiobook Doctor Who: The Essential Companion, and compiled The University Challenge Quiz Book. He has edited two or three hundred books, and contributes, occasionally, to Doctor Who Adventures and the official Torchwood magazine. James Goss has written two Torchwood novels and a radio play, as well as a Being Human book. His Doctor Who audiobook Dead Air won Best Audiobook 2010. James also spent seven years working on the BBC's official Doctor Who website and co-wrote the website for Torchwood Series One. In 2007, he won the Best Adaptation category in the annual LA Weekly Theatre Awards for his version of Douglas Adams' novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

Review quote

the complete guide to the Daleks - in and out of their casings., This book stands above many Doctor Who reference books, of both the new series and the Classic. Its presentation is aimed perfectly at the younger audience for which it is intended, yet manages to remain interesting in tone for the older audience... an excellent introduction to the Daleks., A highly informative tome on the factors that allow the Daleks to capture the imagination of Doctor Who fans everywhere ranging from the really young right to the old.

Back cover copy

Daleks!
The Dalek Handbook is your complete
guide to the Doctors greatest enemies.
It explores the Daleks origins on
the planet Skaro, how a Time Lord
intervention altered the course of Dalek
history, and how they emerged to wage
war on Thals, Mechonoids, Draconians
and humans. It also reveals the secrets
of Dalek design, the development of their
iconic look and sound, and their enduring
appeal on and off the screen.
With artwork and photographs from
six decades of Doctor Who, The Dalek
Handbook is the ultimate celebration
of all things Dalek.
Exterminate!